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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 851 (851/54)
England v India, 1979, 1st Test
Edgbaston, Birmingham
12,13,14,16 July 1979 (5-day match)

Result: England won by an innings and 83 runs
England leads the 4-Test series 1-0

Toss: England
Umpires: DJ Constant and BJ Meyer
Test Debuts: B Reddy (Ind).
Man of the Match: DI Gower

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 318/3 (Boycott 113*, Gower 43*)
  • Day 2: England 633/5d, India 59/2 (Gavaskar 25*)
  • Day 3: India 297 and 7/0 (Gavaskar 3*, Chauhan 2*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    *JM Brearley          c Reddy            b Kapil Dev           24 116  95  2 0
    G Boycott             lbw                b Kapil Dev          155 458 341 12 0
    DW Randall            c Reddy            b Kapil Dev           15  31  31  3 0
    GA Gooch              c Reddy            b Kapil Dev           83 122 109 13 1
    DI Gower              not out                                 200 365 279 24 0
    IT Botham                                b Kapil Dev           33  33  39  4 1
    G Miller              not out                                  63 144 116  5 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 27, w 11, nb 18)                60
    Total                 (5 wickets declared, 165.2 overs)       633
    
    DNB: PH Edmonds, +RW Taylor, RGD Willis, M Hendrick.
    
    FoW: 1-66 (Brearley), 2-90 (Randall), 3-235 (Gooch),
         4-426 (Boycott), 5-468 (Botham).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Kapil Dev                   48     15    146      5
    Ghavri                      38      5    129      0
    Amarnath                    13.2    2     47      0
    Chandrasekhar               29      1    113      0
    Venkataraghavan             31      4    107      0
    Gaekwad                      3      0     12      0
    Chauhan                      3      0     19      0
    
    India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    SM Gavaskar           run out                                  61 178 160  3 0
    CPS Chauhan           c Gooch            b Botham               4  16   8  1 0
    DB Vengsarkar         c Gooch            b Edmonds             22  58  57  4 0
    GR Viswanath          c Botham           b Edmonds             78 213 181  9 0
    AD Gaekwad            c Botham           b Willis              25 126 124  3 0
    M Amarnath                               b Willis              31  67  47  6 0
    N Kapil Dev           lbw                b Botham               1   4   6  0 0
    KD Ghavri             c Brearley         b Willis               6  29  25  1 0
    +B Reddy                                 b Hendrick            21  75  57  3 0
    *S Venkataraghavan    c Botham           b Hendrick            28  52  46  3 2
    BS Chandrasekhar      not out                                   0   4   0  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 4, w 3, nb 12)                  20
    Total                 (all out, 116.1 overs)                  297
    
    FoW: 1-15 (Chauhan), 2-59 (Vengsarkar), 3-129 (Gavaskar),
         4-205 (Viswanath), 5-209 (Gaekwad), 6-210 (Kapil Dev),
         7-229 (Ghavri), 8-251 (Amarnath), 9-294 (Venkataraghavan),
         10-297 (Reddy).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      24      9     69      3
    Botham                      26      4     86      2
    Hendrick                    24.1    9     36      2
    Edmonds                     26     11     60      2
    Boycott                      5      1      8      0
    Miller                      11      3     18      0
    
    India 2nd innings (following on)                                R   M   B  4 6
    SM Gavaskar           c Gooch            b Hendrick            68 137 117 10 0
    CPS Chauhan           c Randall          b Willis              56 167 142  8 0
    DB Vengsarkar         c Edmonds          b Hendrick             7  32  24  0 0
    GR Viswanath          c Taylor           b Botham              51 133 119  6 0
    AD Gaekwad            c Gooch            b Botham              15  60  54  3 0
    M Amarnath            lbw                b Botham              10  77  69  1 0
    N Kapil Dev           c Hendrick         b Botham              21  18  17  4 0
    KD Ghavri             c Randall          b Hendrick             4  30  25  0 0
    +B Reddy              lbw                b Hendrick             0   7   1  0 0
    *S Venkataraghavan    lbw                b Botham               0   4   6  0 0
    BS Chandrasekhar      not out                                   0   4   3  0 0
    Extras                (b 7, lb 12, nb 2)                       21
    Total                 (all out, 95.4 overs)                   253
    
    FoW: 1-124 (Gavaskar), 2-136 (Chauhan), 3-136 (Vengsarkar),
         4-182 (Gaekwad), 5-227 (Viswanath), 6-240 (Amarnath),
         7-249 (Kapil Dev), 8-250 (Reddy), 9-251 (Venkataraghavan),
         10-253 (Ghavri).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      14      3     45      1
    Botham                      29      8     70      5
    Hendrick                    20.4    8     45      4
    Edmonds                     17      6     37      0
    Miller                       9      1     27      0
    Gooch                        6      3      8      0
    


  • Report

    Tour Index

    Team Pages: England, India.

    Ground Page: Edgbaston, Birmingham

    England Player Pages: JM Brearley, G Boycott, DW Randall, GA Gooch, DI Gower, IT Botham, G Miller, PH Edmonds, RW Taylor, RGD Willis, M Hendrick.

    India Player Pages: SM Gavaskar, CPS Chauhan, DB Vengsarkar, GR Viswanath, AD Gaekwad, M Amarnath, N Kapil Dev, KD Ghavri, B Reddy, S Venkataraghavan, BS Chandrasekhar.

    Match Officials' Pages: DJ Constant, BJ Meyer.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
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